During the students ' rebellion against Nicholas the Second in Russia, Viana tries to kill the governor but it's her lover who is arrested and sent to a sinister fortress : hence the title. To help the prisoner,Vania marries the officer who commands the place. There the convicts have really a bad time, but Vania manages to communicate with her dear captive. But beware of informers.
Viana Volonska
Colonel-Count Stepan Iporievich
César Birsky
Catherine
The landlady
The Governor of Warsaw
Vladorowsky
The landlady of the hotel
The butler's daughter
The nanny
The 836
Nevitzky
Joséphine
The other landlady
An insurgent
The captain
The spy
The guardian
Bartek